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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 21ST JANUARY, 1888.

Procès-verbal recording Deposit of Ratifications.

In accordance with the stipulations of Article XXI, paragraph 1, of the Convention for the creation of an International Union for the protection of literary and artistic works, concluded at Berne on the 9th September, 1886, and in consequence of the invitation addressed to that effect by the Swiss Federal Council to the Governments of the High Contracting Parties, the Undersigned assembled this day in the Federal Palace at Berne for the purpose of examining and depositing the ratifications of:-

Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India,

His Majesty the Emperor of Germany, King of Prussia,

His Majesty the King of the Belgians,

Her Majesty the Queen Regent of Spain, in the name of His Catholic Majesty the King of Spain, The President of the French Republic,

The President of the Republic of Haïti,

His Majesty the King of Italy,

The Council of the Swiss Confederation,

His Highness the Bey of Tunis,

to the said International Convention, followed by an Additional Article and Final Protocol.

The instruments of these acts of ratification having been produced and found in good and due form, they have been delivered into the hands of the President of the Swiss Confederation, to be deposited in the archives of the Government of that country, in accordance with clause No. 7 of the Final Protocol of the International Convention.

In witness whereof the Undersigned have drawn up the present procès-verbal, to which they have affixed their signatures and the seals of their arms.

Done at Berne, the 5th September, 1887, in nine copies, one of which shall be deposited in the archives of the Swiss Confederation with the instruments of ratification.

For Great Britain .........(L.S.) F. O. ADAMS.

For Germany.(L.S.) ALFRED VON RÜLOW.

COMTE DE LA ALMINA.

.(L.S.) EMMANUEL ARAGO.

For Belgium......

....(L.S.)

HENRY LOUMYER.

For Spain

..(L.S.)

For France....

For Haïti

..(L.S.)

LOUIS-JOSEPH JANVIER.

For Italy

For Switzerland....

(L.S.) DROZ.

For Tunis..

..(L.S.) H. MARCHAND.

(L.S.) FÈ.

Protocol.

On proceeding to the signature of the procès-verbal recording the deposit of the acts of ratification. given by the High Parties Signatory to the Convention of the 9th September, 1886, for the creation of an International Union for the protection of literary and artistic works, the Minister of Spain renewed, in the name of his Government, the declaration recorded in the procès-verbal of the Conference of the 9th September, 1886, according to which the accession of Spain to the Convention includes that of all the territories dependent upon the Spanish Crown.

The Undersigned have taken note of this declaration.

In witness whereof they have signed the present Protocol, done at Berne, in nine copies, the 5th September, 1887.

For Great Britain............F. O. ADAMS.

For Germany

For Belgium....

For Spain..

For France

For Haïti

For Italy

For Switzerland ....

For Tunis.......

.ALFRED VON BÜLOW.

..HENRY LOUMYER.

..COMTE DE LA ALMINA.

.EMMANUEL ARAGO.

.LOUIS-JOSEPH JANVIER.

.FÈ.

....DROZ.

...H. MARCHAND.